Computer Program for One-dimensional Nonequilibrium Reacting Gas Flow

Book excerpt: A computer program has been developed for one-dimensional nonequilibrium reacting gas flow. The program is written in Fortran IV and is compatible with the IBM 7044/7094 direct coupled digital computer system at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In addition to nonequilibrium chemistry, the program includes nonequilibrium vibrational and electronic energy relaxation and coupling effects between these energy modes and the chemistry. The formulation is based on a one-dimensional flow matching either a prescribed pressure or area variation along a streamtube. Thermodynamic properties are computed by assuming an ideal gas mixture and the equilibration of translational and rotational temperatures. The internal energy modes, rotation, vibration, and electronic excitation, are considered uncoupled; and a rigid rotator, cut off simple harmonic oscillator, independent of the electronic state, is assumed. Excitation of vibrational and electronic energies are treated similarly with terms which account for relaxation and chemical reactions. The effects of nonequilibrium vibrational and electronic states on chemical rates are included in the coupling analysis. The vibrational relaxation time constants were obtained from the Millikan and White data while the electronic relaxation time constants were determined for nitrogen from an analysis of existing shock tube radiation measurements. The computer program was used to solve for the nonequilibrium flow in a hypersonic nozzle and for eight streamlines in the inviscid flow field over a spherically blunted nine-degree semiapex angle cone at zero angle of attack. (Author).